diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 3c6fd355d78..4de92e8a394 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ longer have any effect.  (They were declared obsolete in Emacs 23.)
 
 +++
 ** New command line option `--no-site-lisp' removes site-lisp directories
-from load-path.  -Q now implies this.
+from load-path.  -Q now implies this.  This option does not affect the
+EMACSLOADPATH environment variable (and hence has no effect for
+Nextstep builds.)
 
 
 * Changes in Emacs 24.1